West Berkshire
Parent Carer Forum
Empower and enable your voices to be heard
West Berkshire Parent Carer Forum
Welcome to West Berks Parent Carer Forum!
We are a friendly group of parent carers who have children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities aged from 0-25 years.
We want to improve our local services, and by coming together as a collective, we can and do make changes. We love the video below and think the video below explains it perfectly. We are always happy for more people to join us, there’s no charge to join, we are completely free, and we are a relaxed fun group. So if you would like to be part of friendly bunch of people who would like to see SEND changes in West Berkshire, we would love to have you 
As a Forum we can support and train parent carers to enable them to have their voices and opinions count, and to be involved with shaping services alongside the professionals who provide health, education, adult and social services.
Our shared mission is to improve and enhance the experiences and opportunities of children and young people with additional needs, by enabling parents and carers to be heard, and to be at the heart of decisions about development and delivery of services in West Berkshire.
The forum represent the views of the collective community and not an individual voice, we are unable to advocate for individual families, but can signpost to specialist services.
Updates on Facebook
There is still time to take part in this survey - Geane is looking forward to hearing from you.
iSurvey - Online Questionnaire Generation from the University of Southampton
You are being invited to take part in this research about to investigate ways to help visually impaired young adults to be engaged in physical activity or sport. You can participate in this research by testing an online questionnaire in order to identify if it is easy and straightforward to complete...Anyone looking for private occupational therapy services in the area?
Parenting Special Children Courses
New Events for this Term
Please contact Parenting Special Children on 0118 9863532
Pathological Demand Avoidance Course
A three part course for parents/carers of children and young people who present with the PDA profile of Autism, who live, or attend a school, in Berkshire.
Wednesday 2nd - 30th October: Thatcham.
Supporting Autistic Children with Eating Difficulties
A workshop for parents/carers of children and young people who live, or attend a school, in Berkshire, covering some of the most common challenges faced by autistic children and their parents when it comes to food and eating.
Monday 7th October: Bracknell.
Supporting Autistic Children and Young People with Suicidal Thoughts
Two linked workshops for parents/carers of children and young people with Autism (diagnosed or awaiting assessment), who live, or attend a school, in Berkshire.
Wednesday 9th & 16th October: Reading.
Stress & Emotional Regulation Workshops - Mini Conference
We are delighted to have secured the services of Gareth D Morewood as speaker at our mini conference. Gareth is the Educational Advisor for Studio III (www.studio3.org). Since joining Studio III in January 2019, Gareth has been developing the use of 'The Low Arousal Approach' in educational settings.
Gareth will provide a range of bespoke session workshops looking at stress, arousal and emotional regulation. There will be specifically tailored sessions for professionals, families and young people.
Please see links in the main body of the newsletter for further details.
Wednesday 13th - Friday 15th November: Reading.
Coming Soon
Managing the Stress of Caring
A series of three linked workshops for Dads and Male Carers, of children and young people with special needs, living, or attending a school, in Berkshire. These workshops will cover Emotional Regulation, Belief Systems and Self Care and will be held in Reading. Bookings will open shortly.
Supporting Children with Trauma and Insecure Attachments at School
A workshop for professionals which will cover the impact of trauma and insecure attachments on children as well as simple strategies to support them to feel safe, reduce pre-occupation, regulate emotions and focus on academic learning at school.
Wednesday 13th November: Reading. Bookings will open shortly.
Managing Behaviour | Studio 3 Crisis Management Training
Studio 3 are the leading consultants in crisis management training, physical interventions and de-escalation. Studio 3 provides training, clinical intervention and advice, with a focus on reducing the use of restraint and physical intervention.